Trifole
Feature – 2024
Agulhasvlakte
Feature – in development
A modern fable about truffles, sustainability, and family. Trifole, set in the Alba White Truffle region of Italy, tells the adventure of a young woman looking for her own path, who reconnects with her ailing truffle-hunting grandfather and nature. Eventually, she bonds with her grandfather and learns to value tradition, the territory, and a more sustainable way of life.
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Location: Alba, Piedmont, Italy and surrounds
Languages: English, Italian
Director: Gabriele Fabbro
Distributor: Officine UBU
Cast: Ydalie Turk, Umberto Orsini, Margherita Buy, Enzo Iacchetti
Agulhasvlakte
Feature – in development
Agulhasvlakte
Feature – in development
Amy seeks refuge from city life with her estranged sister, Milly, on their family’s protea farm at the Southernmost tip of Africa.
90-minute feature, based on the play
Genre: Drama/ Magical Realism
Location: Cape Agulhas, Western Cape
Written by: Herschelle Benjamin & Ydalie Turk
Story Consultant: Kanya Viljoen
Self-helpless
Series – in development
Self-Helpless
Series – in development
Rebecca, a 35 year-old journalist, dives into a series of Cape Town “wellness fads” from psychedelics to sweat lodges, in an attempt to maintain sobriety and, ultimately, save her marriage.
TV Series based on the book by Rebecca Davis
Genre: Dark Comedy
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Written by: Ydalie Turk & Celine Tshika
Circa
Short – pre-production
Circa
Short – pre-production
After being cheated out of his victory in a game of marbles, Hikmat (11) breaks his opponent’s finger, and retreats home through his village, Yahchouch, terrified of his father’s punishment.
20 minute short film
Genre: Drama
Location: Yahchouch, Lebanon
Language: Arabic
Writer-Director: Ydalie Turk
Cinematographer: Celine Layous
OLIVE
Documentary – pre-production
OLIVE
Documentary – pre-production
A poetic, experimental exploration of South African writer Olive Schreiner’s remarkable life, beliefs, and the landscapes that shaped her.
Feature Documentary
Location: Karoo, Eastern Cape and UK
Languages: Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa
Director: Madeleine Bazil
Steam
Steam
Short – 2024
Short – 2024
A music video that follows the lifespan of 8 men, separated by their age as they run down an empty road, from birth to death.
Location: Malmesbury, Western Cape
Band: Kid at the Corner
Director: Tom Dalais
Cast: Aza Zantsi, Ntsika Mamagwaza, Mbali Mpoyiya, Sibs Mamagwaza, Mohau Moahloli, Youssef Swabu, Joseph Poyo
Ma Lina
Ma Lina
Short – 2023
Short – 2023
Lerato and Kai roadtrip through the Western Cape to spread the ashes of Ma Lina. Ma Lina is a 15-minute drama highlighting the complicated relationship dynamics between two young girls and a domestic worker, in post-apartheid South Africa.
Festival selections: Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin (award winner), SHORT to the Point (award winner), Charlotte Film Festival, Women Deliver Arts & Film Festival, Social World Film Festival, Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF)
Writer-director: Ydalie Turk
Composer: Freeman
Cast: Frances Sholto-Douglas, Grace Setsitsoe Matetoa